#BC2A4B#BC2A4B

#BC2A4B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.181 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A4B
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 75)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 58.48, 17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 61.02, 16.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.176 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.181 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8393, 12.8587, 7.9346)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A4B #2ABC9B

analogous

#BC2A94 #BC2A4B #BC522A

triadic

#BC2A4B #4BBC2A #2A4BBC

tetradic

#BC2A4B #94BC2A #2ABC9B #522ABC

square

#BC2A4B #94BC2A #2ABC9B #522ABC

split-complementary

#BC2A4B #2ABC52 #2A94BC

monochromatic

#581423 #8A1F37 #BC2A4B #D74C6C #E27E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#BC2A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2A4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A4B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A4B	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53514B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.181 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7717d',
    500: '#bc2a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a4b;
$custom-light: #d7717d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.438,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52773,
    "c": 0.18111,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A4B

secondary

#77CBB8

accent

#E7C141

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A4B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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